I am leaving town until after Christmas, so I wish I could post my own thread, but don't want to do a hit and run. I have only done one OP because that's not really my thing. But I would love to talk about it and come up with ideas.
I was thinking about good ways to approach people and let them feel like they're not being blindsided or roll their eyes because they don't want to get into politics. Like you said, party politics. I live in CA and except for the pockets of red, it's sort of strange if someone is a Republican, so that for me isn't a problem But I do think that people are so busy, they may not know about these things and just vote D if they vote at all. That's why we have DiFi and Boxer, sigh.
I still like the card thing. I wish it could be business card sized or accordion folded so it could fit in your pocket or purse. Accordion is more expensive to produce but it might be something that didn't feel like you want to throw it away immediately. But I do think the face to face interaction is the most meaningful. Though I am sure others might be more successful with social media. Maybe someone will come up with a better idea.
Like you said, let's talk about issues. Let's talk about how we think we can really change the course of this country in real terms. It might not be everything all at once, but the big things. Maybe it's as simple as starting with campaign finance reform. I was daydreaming today of Sanders publicly announcing he would take public financing and every other candidate being shamed to do the same, the anti-Norquist vos. The MSM would never go for it because they are the main benefactors of out of control spending, but if voters openly demanded it--because I think both left and right are sick of the money in politics--that might be a thing. It might be a way to open the door to other discussions with people to explain why Citizen's United is bad and what it is doing to our government. I know even people on DU don't get it. But it is becoming a very widely approved sentiment. And guess who's being the most vocal about it? The Senator from Vermont.
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